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Holy Ice Shivling at the Amarnath Cave Shrine Melting Fast in 2013

Several newspapers and television channels
are reporting that the holy Ice Shivling that formed in 2013 at the Amarnath
Cave Shrine is melting fast. The 2-month long Amarnath Yatra is to begin on
June 28, 2013. As per official reports, the height of Amarnath Shivling was 16
feet in 2013. It is being reported that nearly 40% of the Shivling has melted.

The melting of the holy Ice Shivalinga before the final
prayer on Shravan Purnima also happened in 2007 and 2008.

The holy Shivling at the Amarnath cave has shrunk to almost
half its actual size barely two weeks ahead of the commencement of the annual
Hindu pilgrimage.

Reports claim that over 40% of the ice stalagmite has melted
even before the yatra that begins June 28, raising questions over how the
thousands of pilgrims who trek the treacherous mountainous ravines to reach the
holy cave will be able to chance upon a ‘darshan’ of the same.